Underworld Turns

Federal agents targeting L.A. street vendors, immigrants’ rights advocates say

Community members in Los Angeles are on edge after what appeared to be federal immigration officers targeting street vendors Monday morning. A coalition of immigrants’ rights groups rallied near Eagle Rock Plaza where they say they spotted federal immigration agents staging earlier in the day. Los Angeles City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado was among those speaking out against the alleged […]
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Off-duty firefighter saves life of high school football coach in Orange County

A high school football coach who suffered a massive heart attack last month on a pickleball court in Orange County was reunited Monday with the off-duty firefighter who saved his life. The terrifying ordeal occurred on Dec. 19 when Rob Firth, a teacher and head football coach at San Juan Hills High School, suddenly collapsed on the court at […]
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Landscapers brutally beaten, robbed of tools on Southern California job site

A married couple who work as landscapers were left shaken after thieves violently robbed the couple of their tools and seriously injured one of them. The incident occurred on the afternoon of Jan. 7 as Esteban Vargas and his wife, Linda Huerta, were working at the South Pasadena home of one of their customers, according to a GoFundMe organized for the couple. Vargas happened to be […]
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Landscapers brutally beaten, robbed of tools on Southern California job site

A married couple who work as landscapers were left shaken after thieves violently robbed the couple of their tools and seriously injured one of them. The incident occurred on the afternoon of Jan. 7 as Esteban Vargas and his wife, Linda Huerta, were working at the South Pasadena home of one of their customers, according to a GoFundMe organized for the couple. Vargas happened to be […]
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California inmate killed in violent two-on-one attack, prison officials say

Two inmates in a California state prison are being investigated for the alleged murder of a third inmate in one of the facility’s yards on Sunday, officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced. The violence unfolded at Calipatria State Prison, about 150 miles from San Diego in Imperial County. In a CDCR news release, officials said prison […]
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California inmate killed in violent two-on-one attack, prison officials say

Two inmates in a California state prison are being investigated for the alleged murder of a third inmate in one of the facility’s yards on Sunday, officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced. The violence unfolded at Calipatria State Prison, about 150 miles from San Diego in Imperial County. In a CDCR news release, officials said prison […]
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U-Haul driver charged after chaos at Iran protest in L.A.

The man detained for driving a large U-Haul box truck through a crowd of anti-Iranian regime demonstrators in Los Angeles on Sunday faces a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Calor Madanescht, 48, was staging a counterdemonstration as he approached protesters gathered near the Federal Building in Westwood. A […]
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